Tigermojo

I knew it was Schmakel all along! Poor Coolbaugh took the bullet.

If we had a real MLB team, they wouldn't have to rush 21 and 22 year olds and our system would look a lot better. I think a better evaluation would be of players under 27 in the whole organization but that's just me.

Is there a way to tell if the umpires made bad calls during Tork's ABs? He seems like he has a good eye but would be easily frustrated if the umpire missed a call. It may just be a matter of him maturing and learning to control his emotions while dismissing things he has no control over.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/matt-manning-eyes-next-step-with-tigers-in-2023 New article on the official site and I thought this quote from Manning about pitching assistant, Robin Lund was interesting: “I got a bet that we have the only professor in our organization,” Manning said, noting Lund’s early career as a kinesiology professor. “He's not afraid to try different things. He doesn't care where you were drafted. He doesn't care what kind of hype you had around you. He looks at everybody kind of like a stick figure, and if he sees deficiencies, he can break it down and tell you where.”

Chapman prefers to give up some Tork! Bombs instead.

If we're making tiers, do we need an ML Tigers tier and an ML Braves tier? Reyes, Castro and Castro don't even make the Braves legal team.

Hosers

Harris still hasn't hired a GM and neither have the Astros.

Greene CF Baez SS Meadows DH/RF Schoop 2B Carpenter RF/Cabrera DH Haase/Sands C Maton/Nevin 3B Torkelson 1B Baddoo/Vierling LF

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-tigers-young-sluggers-should-benefit-from-the-new-dimensions-in-comerica-park/

From the article he's lights out with no runners on and possibly unlucky with runners on. 50% left on base which is 23% below league average. Could be a simple change to pitching out of the stretch or he could be gone by next week.

I'm not sure there's ever been a contract like Correa's. 2023 36m + 4m bonus 2024 36m + 4m bonus 2025 36m 2026 31.5m 2027 30.5m 2028 30m 2029 25m vesting 502 AB previous year 2030 20m vesting 502 AB previous year 2031 15m vesting 502 AB previous year 2032 10m vesting 502 AB previous year

I'm a big Akil Baddoo fan but Vierling seems like the perfect platoon for him. Good speed and defense with a much better arm. Both question marks for their offense which platooning might help.

Maton against righties and Kreidler against lefties with good defense would probably be as effective as anyone available.

Right now they have 33 players from the US, 2 Dominican Republic, 2 Venezuela, 1 Puerto Rico and 1 Curacao. Wasn't Avila supposed to have some Latin America connections?

Fangraphs projects: RF Meadows SS Baez CF Greene 2B Schoop DH Carpenter C Haase 3B Maton 1B Torkelson LF Baddoo Sands, Cabrera, Nevin, Vierling Rogers, Kreidler, Malloy at AAA Shouldn't Meadows DH to keep him healthy? I think Miggy might get squeezed out sooner rather than later at this rate.

I love the competition. Why hand any job to players who haven't proven anything yet? Should be an interesting spring training.

Ideally Schoop will perform well and they can flip him. Having depth sure opens up the possibilities though. If he ends up sucking again they can just cut ties and give the young guys opportunities.

The thing I like most about the trade is Maton sounds solid defensively and Vierling should be solid in RF. We went from guys who don't hit much and can't field to guys who can field and might hit a bit with more years of control. The pitching staff will be very happy with the defensive upgrade. Harris seems to be gathering as many 22-26 year olds with potential as he can so they will all hit their primes in the next 2-5 years.

Soto in non save situations... buckle up Phillies fans.

Three bench players but I'll take them over the Castros any day.

Pending physicals. Hopefully Soto didn't break his ankle ten years ago.

DD didn't trade away all their top prospects yet?

I'm cutting off a finger if you guys post boring stuff!

The schedule will be a lot tougher this year.